The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-14
sEBAs11Ax HEcps rwo WIVES.
One white and the other Squaw, and hewaats
Possession of One or the Other OF Them.


Sebastian Beck, man who has a strange
Ills story has been told officially to the, Com.
he sna IFS family We're saptursd By the Sioux
separated from his wife and children and held
cape this spring. Hs believes his wife and
children are still held as cnptiycs, and has in
Affairs TO and them. While q captive among the
Sioux no was required to marry squaw, so he
has in the Wild West ut the present time a rod
not succeed in recovering. tho palo face Mrs.
Beck, hc wants the Indian Office TO help him to
sian Mitn a SKIN Beck Is
and watery look about the eyes. and ? gen.
ediy to twelve years Of dieting on jeFked baf-
lao meat IL apparently In aesiitbt ,sb SiI
IS es mSfs dc to as h.
sionnlly throws in sentence or two OF tho
He is a native Of Hohenzollern, Prussia. He
enlisted in the United States army Aug. IL.
1867. and was honorably discharged IN August.
s s LII h s To he S ls be 0 Gefe a ,Ss
Black Hills, in search OF gold. Beck took his
family. with him. consisting OF his wife. u
assa t. and d boy. Hnthony. aged H. LUZ"
On the 22d Of July band OF sioux number
ing about 5000, warriors, swept down upon the
gorge while tho men were ut the diggings,
separated from their women and children. The
whole party was captured.the men by one
Tho men were blindfolded and securely bound
for H ten a days. The Other band Of indians took
from aha sn lis Vile and Children ns hi VIE
Back Hsh Moons band ~s be @ Is and
as is the custom with tho Sioux. Beck after
married to an Indian squaw. Cheyenne
woman who was in captivity.
gasr yas Sna
customs of the Indians or die. SO he made
his Cheyenne sduaw. Monica is now at Fort
In the aRd q PIP re br sstnG sc sun
Beck was adopted into the tribe when he took
IN Indian wife. He was first put to trial by
showed show his skin II and strength BY swimming
from the water and climbing the face Of the
PERCEPTIONS rock to place OF safety; The In. n;
Beck was thus initiated as a member, but not
Kept under watch and never fully trusted.
turned over to his sIuaw. who helped the thing
from the crown q his head down to his toes.
The Sioux gave him the name Of "Touch-the-
prisoners, were required to practise with the
bow and arrow, but we're not allowed to have
guns, These imitation Indians lived in every
smeared with yellow stripcs and bars. Beck's
Alter few Months the tbe started ON their
travels, and on this expedition encountered
messed from distance. The Indians were in
i9rmed by ss gSk ,h Custer vas
ne hs asy The
aa which only T Sls
good view: spyglass in hand; Then the cd
sfe1 6ussr eoed He at once dsp sss
Of his men. He built up cnmp fires: and about
1t. By means OF poles. wigs bunalo robes,
dams. When Clusters men came on. Beck says
they exhausted their ammunition firing at the
them from every side and massacred the whole
command. only one man escaping with his life
During the fight the prisoners were kept In the
riding into Sitting Bulls trap. Beck says that
the massacre, and also the. watch belonging to
Gen, Crittenden's son. who was XII Killed p with
Gnsssr ThosS S WATCHES nc gave to Shet h sd
by Rain-n the Face to u Manitoba ranchman.
who, by writing to tho London maker of the
sold it in turn to the family of Gen. Crittenden.
From tho Little Big Horn the Indians trav-
elled to the Red River country. crossing into
camp near Fort Walsh. In this country Beck
spent the remaining years Of his captivity. and
found consolation in the little family OF half
breeds that began rising around him. He and
even after they had established families OF very
respectable size. This spring Beck applied for
permission, to go on hunting expedition.
Others Of the prisoners made similar applica
them. They were granted fifteen days leave
morning q company. OF Canadian mounted
them and told the story to Major Walsh, the
commanding officer. Major Walsh said he
would return that way, for them in four hours.
He kept his word. and the eeaptiyes were con-
Walsh sent them under escort across the bor-
and the copper-colored Mrs. Beck and the
her pappooses parted with him.
She would not come East with her white
brave, because she feared that the white men
would kill her So Mr.. Beck. having picked up
gerry. took sad leave OF his Pocahontas at
Denver They shook hands. and the dusky
matron wept., Monica returned to Fort Lara
ar tSe Fast to assist has
finding his wife and children:
He takes n very philosophical view OF the
fact that tho white, Mrs. Beck is probably
united in savage wedlock with some gruEting
and taeiturn Sioux warrior. and the possibility
of her having n number OF half breed encum-
brances like those he left at Denver He says
that II she is married 1t was not her fault. Tho
knowledge OF the Indians. have been adopted
into the tribe by the way of matrimony. His
wife he believes to be among the Indians OF
the Standing Rock Agency.